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September 27, 2003 at 2 pm
(Alternative)
The Animal
Project:
An informal work
in progress showing by Susanna Hood, Artistic Director of
inter-disciplinary performance company hum
dansoundart. Working with director Leah Cherniak of
Theatre Columbus, Susanna is developing a new solo
performance work that integrates the elements of dance,
voice, text, music and theatre. The audience has an
opportunity to offer feedback. PWYC at the door.
October 3 to 25, 2003 (Gallery)
Barbara Caruso:
The Alphabet
Project & Beyond,.Drawings 2001-2003. Ink drawings
that explore shape and surface. Gallery hours: Wed-Sat 1-5
pm
 Sunday
evenings at 8 pm, $5 at door
2003: Oct 5, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 30, Dec 7
2004: Feb 15, 22, 29, Mar 7, 28 (no concerts Mar 14,
21)
Eugene’s
Sunday Series: Eugene’s
Sunday Series of improvised new music (in its 4th
season). An exploration of new collaborations and
combinations, hosted by Eugene Martynec.
Eugene's
Sunday Series 2003-2004 concert
info. Eugene's 2004
CD Toronto
Duets features many
of the musicians from the concert series.
 October
9 to 26, 2003 (Main)
Anowa:
by Ghanian
playwright Ama Ata Aidoo, produced by AfriCan Theatre
Ensemble. Originally set in the Gold Coast in 1874,
Anowa
tells the story of a girl who refuses to accept her
parents’ choice of a suitor and chooses a suitor
herself. Director Rhoma Spencer: "Ama Ata Aidoo has used the
folktale of a disobedient girl to deal with a larger issue
– that of capitalism and slavery and its impact on an
African society." STL*
 October
31 to November 23, 2003 (Main)
Stories of the Rains of
Love and Death
by Iranian
playwright Abas Na’lbandian, directed by Soheil Parsa,
produced by Modern Times Stage Company. Banned in Iran and
never performed, Stories
of the Rains of Love and
Death is a
quintet of interrelated one-act plays. Na’lbandian asks
the questions "What is truth?" and "What is reality". An
absurdist work that explores a new kind of cause and effect
within universal themes – sexuality, violence, power,
fate and death. STL*
 November
13 to 30, 2003 (Alternative)
Tales of an Urban
Indian
written and
performed by Darrell Dennis, directed by Herbie Barnes,
produced by Native Earth Performing Arts. Heartbreaking and
hilarious, Tales
of an Urban Indian
follows a young Native man from the rez to the mean streets
of downtown Vancouver to Hollywood. Hit of the Weesageechak
Festival last year. Fast, funny, life-affirming theatre.
STL*
November 12 to December 13, 2003 (Gallery)
Debbie
O’Rourke:
Beautiful
World.
New large-scale drawings and sculptures, including work from
Wild Life Count: Trinidad . Gallery hours: Wed-Sat
1-5 pm
 November
27 to December 14, 2003 (Main)
Sur,
a new play by Ronald Weihs, based on a short story by Ursula
K. Le Guin, directed by Ronald Weihs, produced by Artword
Theatre. "If Captain Scott can do it, why can’t we?" In
1909 a group of nine South American women set off – in
secret, in order not to upset the men – on an
expedition to the South Pole. A delightful feminist fable.
STL*
 December
16, 2003 to January 4, 2004 (Main)
Tea at the
Palace:
Puppetmongers
Ann and David Powell present their Christmas favourite, a
puppet show for kids of all ages. Tea
at the Palace
is a heart-warming Russian tale – you’ll meet a
peasant who tries to make tea just like the Tsar, a wise
peasant girl who tries to befriend the prince, and the Tsar
himself and all his court. STL*
 January
21 to February 8, 2004 (Main)
Dear
Boss:
written by Eric
Woolfe, directed by Michael Waller, produced by Alianak
Theatre Productions and Eldritch Theatre. A chronicle of the
Jack the Ripper murders of 1888, performed by three actors
and a rabble of multi-sized puppets, Dear
Boss is a
fantastical murder mystery and a romantic horror story
– not for children! PM*
 February
12 to 29, 2004 (Alternative)
Love
Letters:
by A.R. Gurney,
directed by Alexander Galant, performed by D. Kirk Teeple
and Carmen Gillespie. Love
Letters is a
play comprised of letters exchanged over a lifetime between
two people who grew up together, went their separate ways,
but continued to share confidences -- an evocative,
touching, frequently funny but always telling pair of
character studies. STL*
 February
26 to March 14, 2004 (Main)
The
Artshow:
by Alanis King,
directed by Paul Thompson, produced by Native Earth.
The
Artshow is a
theatrical imagining of the creative life of renowned Odawa
artist Daphne Odjig. The very pigments she works with come
alive assembling themselves into the painting she creates.
Performed by Jani Lauzon as Daphne, with Lorne Cardinal,
Sean Dixon,
Gloria Mae Eshkibok, Sarah Podemski. Designed by Bonnie
Devine. STL*
February 25 to March 27, 2004
(Gallery)
Eric Ladelpha:
Private View / Public
Places
an exhibition of
paintings and drawings done over the past ten years.
Ladelpha's work reflects moments poignant, transitional and
yet eternal. With a strong background in traditional
methods, Ladelpha says, "I am moving towards a more timeless
representation of my subjects, allowing irrational and
dream-like elements to enter the works." (Gallery hours: Wed
to Sat 1-5 pm)
 March
23 to April 4, 2004 (Alternative)
The Rogues of
Urfa
written and
performed by Araxi Arslanian. A grandfather. Escape from the
Armenian Genocide. A grandaughter. Brain lesion the size of
an orange. In Rogues
of Urfa,
Araxi Arslanian recounts the true story of her grandfather
and her own story. With live percussion. Produced by Alianak
Theatre Productions. PM*
April 3 to May 1, 2004
(Gallery)
Tim Noonan: New
Paintings:
Downstream
Large-scale acrylic
abstract landscapes derived from photos The paintings are an
extension of the investigations begun in the Red Tree
series. The new works are views of streams and lakes, as
seen from a shoreline. The focus is water energy: movement,
pattern, light-reflection or stillness. (Gallery hours: Wed
to Sat 1-5 pm)
 April
13 to May 9, 2004 (Main)
Beaux Gestes and
Beautiful Deeds
by Marie-Lynn
Hammond, directed by John Van Burek, produced by Pleiades
Theatre. In Beaux
Gestes and Beautiful
Deeds,
singer-songwriter Marie-Lynn Hammond looks at her rich
cultural duality, Canadian English and French, through the
stories of the two women who, in 1944, were about to become
her grandmothers. STL*
 April
23, 24 at 8 pm, April 25 at 5 pm, 2004 (Alternative)
Fire, Air, Earth,
Water
Butoh dance and
choreography by Meiko Ando, visual design, lighting and
projections by Judith Sandiford, a collaborative project
based on the four elements, with live music performance by
Roderick Zalameda. Tickets $12 at the door only. Performance
is 45 minutes.
 May
14 to 30, 2004 (Main)
Death and the King's
Horseman
by Nigerian
author Wole Soyinka (Nobel Prize 1986). Death
and the King's
Horseman,
set in 1945, is based on a true incident. A Yoruba King has
died, and the great chief Elesin, the King's Horseman, is
expected to accompany him to the next world. A British
colonial officer tries to interfere, with disastrous
consequences.
Directed by Ronald Weihs, choreographed by Yinka Farinde. A
collaborative production by AfriCan Theatre Ensemble and
Artword Theatre. Reserve STL*
 May
12 to 30, 2004 (Alternative)
Biography, A
Game
by Swiss author
Max Frisch.Atrium Players Theatre Company announces a new
staging in English of Biography,
A Game.
The main character, Herr Kurmann, experiments with different
episodes in his life to see if they could have been played
differently. Reserve STL*
June 8 to 12, 2004 (Main)
G'bassikolo Percussion
Unlimited
Dance Immersion
presents an evening of drum and dance performed by
G'bassikolo Percussion Unlimited, the drum ensemble from New
York City, under the direction of M'bemba Bangoura from
Guinea. Tuesday to Saturday at 8 pm, plus a matinee Saturday
at 1 pm. Adults $30, seniors/students/children $20. Reserve
STL*
June 15, 16, 17 at 8 pm and Sunday
June 20 at 2 and 8 pm, 2004 (Main)
Antigone:
In 1944 noted
French writer Jean Anouilh's Antigone, a version of
Sophocles' classical drama, gained a wide audience. The play
was seen as a thinly disguised attack on the Nazis and on
the Vichy government of occupied France. In the play the
heroine rejects the authoritarian King Creon and chooses
death. The issue of resistance no matter what the cost is
one of the issues raised by the play.
Pushover Productions was founded in 2002 to allow observant
Jews the opportunity to participate in theatre production.
No performances are scheduled on the Jewish Sabbath (Friday
and Saturday). Tickets for the 8 pm shows: $12, reserve
STL* Sunday mat pwyc.
June 30 to July 11, 2004
(Main)
Toronto Fringe
Festival:
Artword Theatre is
one of the 10 mainstage venues for the Toronto Fringe
Festival 2004. Shows at Artword: Bird, Boats, Wind,
Traffic and a Felliniesque Experience, Cuppa Jo, The Divine
Heretic, Dreams of Baby, Exposed in High Park, Fringe Show:
A Love Story, Gulag Fairytale, The Kupps Runneth Over,
Liminal, Postcards from the *Heart (The World Tour), Second
City Presents: The Imponderables in 'Etch A Sketch'
CANCELLED
Advance tickets $10 up to 3 hours before showtime by
phone ((416) 260-5294), on-line (www.fringetoronto.com) or
in person (292 Brunswick Ave., south of Bloor). Regular
tickets $8 on sale 1 hour before showtime, at the venue,
cash only, limit of 4 tickets per purchaser. For Festival
Passes, call (416) 966-1062. For schedule and show details,
visit the Fringe
website.
August 10 to 15, 2004
(Alternative)
Frida
and Herself / Bageshree
Vaze
: Brandy Leary
and Anandam Performance Group presents a fFIDA Off-Site
dance event -- a double-bill. "Frida and Herself", a piece
about Frida Kahlo,with live actors, Bunraku puppets and
shadow puppets. Bageshree Vaze performs "Jahanara", a solo
work in the Kathak tradition. Aug 10 to 15, 2004, Tues to
Sun at 8 pm (tickets $10), Sunday at 2 (pay-what-you-can).
For information and reservations. call 416-516-9426.
  NEWS
Flash! New dates --
August 18 to 22 2004 (Main)
IYASA and
Mogwana
Inkululeko
Yabatsha School of Arts (IYASA) performance of
"Afrika",
has been cancelled. Mogwana,
a stunning dance and music group from Botswana, performs
from August 18 to 22 Tues to Sat at 8pm, Sat and Sun at 4
pm.
September 9 to 12 2004
(Main)
At
the Wrecking Ball
III
Ambitious
Enterprises presents its third "Wrecking Ball", an evening
of new choreography by emerging choreographers collaborating
with artists of ofther disciplines Thursday to Sunday at 8
pm, plus matinees Sat and Sun at 2
pm.
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